Musk’s Twitter Rebranding as X Is Off to a Confusing, Haphazard Start

Labor Day traditionally signals the end of summer and puts the TV industry into fall mode, focusing on the launch of the new broadcast season. While broadcast is no longer the only — or even the main — game in town, Labor Day has remained that threshold after summer vacations when the TV business kicks into high gear.

Mark Hamill has called for Twitter users to boycott the site in protest against Elon Musk’s rebranding of the platform to X.On Sunday (July 30), the Star Wars actor encouraged users to stop tweeting entirely on Tuesday (August 1). “This will only be effective if EVERYONE refrains from tweeting (X-ing?) on August 1st a/k/a #TweetlessTuesday,” he wrote on the platform.“Let’s show the owner the POWER OF THE PEOPLE.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag St Trinian's, the iconic film that captured the hearts of many during childhood, remains etched in our memories even after 16 years since its release. Many of the talented cast have gone on to enjoy huge successes, starring in blockbuster films, strutting down the runway and even earning BRIT nominations. With the film’s star Annabelle Fritton, played by Talulah Riley, recently announcing her engagement to Love Actually actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster, what better time to check in on what the rest of the cast have been up to since the film’s debut.Talulah Riley (Annabelle Fritton) Talulah Riley, who portrayed the spirited Annabelle Fritton, continued her journey in acting.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Have you paid Elon Musk for an $8-per-month subscription to Twitter Blue (now called X Blue, under Musk’s rebranding effort) but are embarrassed to advertise the fact? X now lets subscribers to the premium X Blue service hide the blue check mark on their account. Musk has promoted the perk as democratizing Twitter’s most recognizable status symbol.

Kanye West‘s has wiped his Twitter (X) account clean just days after being re-instated by Elon Musk.It comes after he was previously banned from the platform three times, the last being on December 2 last year after the rapper tweeted an illustration of a swastika inside a Star of David.The inflammatory post was one of many West – also known as Ye – tweeted at the time, culminating in Musk confirming that West’s account would be suspended due to violating the platform’s policies “against incitement to violence”.The rapper previously faced significant backlash after making a series of antisemitic remarks, wearing a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt, and expressing false claims about the death of George Floyd.Despite his account being re-instated to Twitter earlier this week, West will now not be eligible to monetise his account and advertisements will not appear next to his posts.His account was reinstated after receiving reassurance that he would not use the platform to share antisemitic or otherwise harmful language.The rapper has since wiped all his tweets from the account.

X doesn’t mark the spot anymore.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Elon Musk has taken legal aim at the Center for Countering Digital Hate, an independent research nonprofit group, over the organization’s findings that since the multibillionaire acquired Twitter (now called X) hate, racism and disinformation on the social platform has substantially increased. “Musk and his legal team, led by attorney Alex Spiro at Quinn Emanuel, have engaged in an aggressive campaign to intimidate, bully, and silence CCDH,” the organization said in a statement released Monday.

Kanye West is back on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, recently rebranded as X by Elon Musk.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Kanye West’s account on X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter, has been restored — after the controversial rapper/entrepreneur apparently promised the Elon Musk-owned company he would refrain from posting antisemitic and other hateful content. West, who now goes by Ye, was kicked off Twitter in December 2022 after he share an image of a Nazi swastika embedded inside the Star of David.

Elon Musk has reinstated Kanye West‘s Twitter account after an eight month ban.It comes after he was previously banned from the platform three times, the last being on December 2 last year after the rapper tweeted an illustration of a swastika inside a Star of David.The inflammatory post was one of many West – also known as Ye – tweeted at the time, culminating in Musk confirming that West’s account would be suspended due to violating the platform’s policies “against incitement to violence”.The rapper previously faced significant backlash after making a series of antisemitic remarks, wearing a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt, and expressing false claims about the death of George Floyd.Despite his return to Twitter, West will now not be eligible to monetise his account and advertisements will not appear next to his posts, reports the Wall Street Journal.His account was reinstated after receiving reassurance that he would not use the platform to share antisemitic or otherwise harmful language. He is yet to post any new tweets.Meanwhile, Ice Cube recently said that West has “learned a lot” from a controversial year that’s seen him express numerous antisemitic views.During a recent appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored, Ice Cube was asked about his “wobbly relationship” with Ye before he confirmed that he had met up with the rapper “a couple of weeks ago”.When asked about how West is currently dealing with what’s happened, the ‘Fuck Tha Police’ artist responded: “I believe he’s doing great.

Kanye West has had his Twitter account reactivated, following a ban of almost eight months for offensive content.

Elon Musk and Grimes might be giving love a second chance. The 35-year-old singer and the 52-year-old billionaire were spotted together in Italy, enjoying some quality time with their sons.

Elon Musk’s recent Twitter rebrand has been brought to a halt in Japan, following clashes with the trademarked name of hit rock band, X Japan.This month social media users were left surprised after Twitter owner Elon Musk rolled out a surprise rebrand for the platform – renaming it as X and scrapping the original bird logo. Now, the site is simply going by X in the United States, and each location that has a dedicated Twitter page has been updated to ‘X’, followed by the name of the country.However, this is proving to be an issue in Japan, as the brand name has already been trademarked by hit J-rock band, X Japan.Formed by members Toshi and Yoshiki in 1982, the four-piece have recorded together on and off for decades, and remain one of the highest-selling bands in the country.

He rose to fame as the sweet-faced Sam in Christmas classic Love Actually. But now Thomas Brodie Sangster is getting married, as the former child star announced his engagement to Elon Musk's two-times ex-wife Talulah Riley.The two, both actors, met on the set of Disney Plus series Pistol, which premiered last year. Announcing the happy news on Twitter, Talulah wrote: "Very happy to share that after two years of dating, Thomas Brodie Sangster and I are engaged!" The 37 year old was congratulated by Twitter owner Elon Musk who replied with his congratulations.The pair were married within weeks of being together and married in 2010 before they split two years later and divorced in 2012.

Thomas Brodie-Sangster is engaged to longtime love, Talulah Riley.

Thomas Brodie-Sangster is engaged to longtime love, Talulah Riley.Riley, Elon Musk's ex-wife, announced the news on Twitter — the social media owned by the entrepreneur and recently re-named X — sharing a loved-up picture of her and the star.«Very happy to share that after two years of dating, Thomas Brodie Sangster and I are engaged!» the 37-year-old actress wrote.The announcement was met with lots of well wishes, including from Riley's ex-husband.«Congratulations! ♥️,» Musk replied.Riley married the Tesla and SpaceX founder twice, from 2010 to 2012, then from 2013 to 2016.Very happy to share that after two years of dating, Thomas Brodie Sangster and I are engaged! pic.twitter.com/NipyXtsDV0Brodie-Sangster shared on social media as well, taking instead to Instagram to make the announcement.«Happy to announce that Talulah and I are engaged. Love is all around,» the actor, 33, wrote, quoting Hugh Grant's iconic line in the 2003 Christmas classic."A post shared by Thomas Brodie Sangster (@samohtsangster)The pair met over two years ago when they worked on the FX limited series chronicling the Sex Pistols' rise to fame,.

Jack White is auctioning off his Tesla car after publicly calling out Elon Musk on several occasions in recent months.The former White Stripes singer, once an avid Tesla fan, has made his souring feelings towards Musk known over the past year, including hitting out at the SpaceX and Tesla boss for Trump’s return to Twitter, calling it “absolutely disgusting” and “an asshole move” on Musk’s part.White then quit Twitter, and later mocked Musk’s “free speech” hypocrisy after Kanye West’s Twitter ban.Now, the musician is auctioning his Tesla along with a selection of other items for a virtual garage sale with his label Third Man, having partnered with Everything But The House. A portion of proceeds will go towards Southwest Detroit’s Clark Park Coalition.A post shared by Third Man Records (@thirdmanrecords)The car listing reads: “Whoa daddy. Ain’t no joke here, what you’re bidding on is Jack White’s personal Tesla model S.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Max is getting into the NFL Sunday Ticket huddle. Google’s YouTube TV will offer a special bundle combining Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max with the NFL Sunday Ticket out-of-market football package, Alphabet and Google chief business officer Philipp Schindler told analysts on the internet company’s Q2 earnings call.

decision to change Twitter’s blue bird logo to “X.”The Tesla founder echoed the words of conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, who likewise took issue with the frequent use of the word “patriarchy” in “Barbie.” Shapiro first complained last week about the number of times “patriarchy” was uttered in the film.It you take a shot every time Barbie says the word "patriarchy", you will pass out before the movie ends“All you need to know about #BarbieTheMovie is that it unironically uses the word ‘patriarchy’ more than 10 times,” Shapiro whined on Twitter last week.The right-wing columnist also shared a video of himself throwing Barbie dolls on a grill and setting them on fire. Republican Florida Rep.

Twitter is officially being rebranded as X and the logo has now changed on the website.

Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, the digital platform formerly known as Twitter, told employees they are “writing history” with the stunning overhaul of the well-established brand.

Say goodbye to the little blue bird — Elon Musk has officially relaunched Twitter under the new name X.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor TikTok has added the ability to create text-based posts — alongside its central short-form video format — although the move is more about giving users a new option for sharing content, rather than representing a new challenge to Elon Musk’s Twitter (which is rebranding as X) or Instagram’s Threads. TikTok’s new text posts have a 1,000-character limit. Users can customize their text posts by adding a sound (such as song snippets), tagging a location, enabling comments and allowing Duets, among other features. Unlike Twitter or Threads, on TikTok, text-based posts aren’t designed to facilitate a conversation — TikTok posts still function more like Instagram posts, which followers may be able to comment on but that’s not the main point.

Elon Musk, who bought the social media platform formerly called Twitter last fall, has rebranded it to ‘X’ after a weekend of messaging signaling the change that included a photo of the new logo projected on the company’s San Francisco headquarters and a video of a flickering X.

Elon Musk has given Twitter a makeover, scrapping the blue bird icon for a new "minimalist art deco" X image. The Twitter owner first indicated his plans to change the old logo on Saturday before rolling out the new one in the early hours of Monday. The new image was created by one of Musk's followers, who has tweeted that he first created it for a now-defunct podcast.

Linda Yaccarino is sharing her take on the Twitter rebrand to X after Elon Musk dropped the news over the weekend on the social media platform.

Twitter is about to get a total rebrand, according to Elon Musk.

For Twitter users, “X” will soon mark the spot.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Goodbye Twitter, hello X? Elon Musk, the multibillionaire who controls Twitter, said the social network he took over in October 2022 will be renamed “X” — relegating the cute little blue birdie to the scrap heap of internet history. “Soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds,” Musk wrote in a late-night Saturday post. He also said the platform’s website will be run off the x.com domain name, and posted a poll asking whether it should “Change default platform color to black” (with about 75% votes in favor as of Sunday morning).

Progress at Twitter. Inquiries from members of the fourth estate to the company’s official press email are no longer receiving an automatic poop emoji in response. Instead, Musk said, the company “is now changing the auto reply to “a ‘We will get back to you soon’ infinite loop.”

NBCUniversal has wrapped up one of the most unusual upfront ad seasons in history, managing to secure cash commitments roughly in line with last year’s record haul.

Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino has forcefully disputed a Bloomberg article maintaining that a “surge” of harmful content on the Elon Musk platform has spooked advertisers.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Netflix is no longer offering its cheapest streaming plan without ads in the U.S. and the U.K., with the company aiming to push value-conscious consumers to sign up for its advertising-supported package. The Basic plan, which provided a single stream for $9.99/month in the U.S. and £6.99/month in the U.K., is no longer available “for new or rejoining members” in the respective countries. According to Netflix, existing Basic members can “remain on this plan until you change plans or cancel your account.” The elimination of Netflix’s Basic plan is designed to boost customers on the ad-supported Standard With Ads, which the company first launched last November. In May, Netflix said it had signed up more than 5 million members for its ad-supported plans, with 25% of new subs taking the package.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Anjali Sud is taking over as CEO of Tubi, Fox Corp.’s free, ad-supported streaming TV service, after she stepped down as chief exec of video-hosting platform Vimeo. Sud will officially start as Tubi’s CEO on Sept. 1, 2023, succeeding founder Farhad Massoudi. Sud reports to Paul Cheesbrough, CEO of Tubi Media Group, which Fox formed this spring to house its digital businesses including Tubi (acquired in 2020) and Blockchain Creative Labs. Sud spent nine years at New York-based Vimeo, originally serving as VP of global marketing before assuming oversight of the creator business unit and getting promoted to CEO in 2017. Under Sud, Vimeo has undertaken employee layoffs and made other cost-cutting moves to improve its financial profile.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Elise Finch, an Emmy-winning meteorologist with WCBS in New York for 16 years, has died, the TV station announced Sunday. She was 51. Finch died at a local hospital; the cause of her death has not been determined, according to WCBS’s statement. “Elise has been a friend and team member at WCBS for 16 years,” the station said in announcing her death. “Elise was a gifted and consummate professional who took great care with her work. She was also a wonderful ambassador in the community, including her hometown of Mount Vernon. Above all, Elise was a fiercely loving and devoted mother to her daughter Grace and wife to Graig Henriques, who is a photojournalist at WCBS.”

Twitter has started sharing advertising revenue with select users with large followings, with some of the initial $5 million in payouts going to far-right influencers.